Ok here soon i will be starting crunching again 24/7 full time. I have a athlon X2 4200+ (Windsor) CPU on the way, I have 768MB DDR2 and a ATI X300 PCIex card. At stock clocks What kinda point would i get with this setup?

Ok here soon i will be starting crunching again 24/7 full time. I have a athlon X2 4200+ (Windsor) CPU on the way, I have 768MB DDR2 and a ATI X300 PCIex card. At stock clocks What kinda point would i get with this setup?

Definitely, every number counts. What matters to the universities and labs doing the research is the number of work units being done. No idea how many that is for your PPD, but you certainly do help whatever amount of work you contribute.

Plus if it's low wattage then it's not something like Pentium 4 that does low PPD whilst costing a lot to run.

Just to inform the team, i have to cut down my output a little, we had to pay 1400€ extra this year, used 11000KWH in worth of 2400€,all in all, which i used about 75€, a month from,the last 12 months. shutted down the e6750 and clocked down the Q9550 to 3.7 and 1.3v, because i was using 700w continously before (got a killawatt to find that out)

clocked down the 955 too, and will be back with the x6 hopefully soon.
gonna take down the 939 3800+ then too, as that saves be 200w with the e6750

my aunt luckily saved our ass monetary wise, even if i dont like her otherwise...
geeez... what dont you take on you for the team !

Just to inform the team, i have to cut down my output a little, we had to pay 1400€ extra this year, used 11000KWH in worth of 2400€,all in all, which i used about 75€, a month from,the last 12 months. shutted down the e6750 and clocked down the Q9550 to 3.7 and 1.3v, because i was using 700w continously before (got a killawatt to find that out)

clocked down the 955 too, and will be back with the x6 hopefully soon.
gonna take down the 939 3800+ then too, as that saves be 200w with the e6750

my aunt luckily saved our ass monetary wise, even if i dont like her otherwise...
geeez... what dont you take on you for the team !

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Yeah, it can get expensive. I rationalize it right now because I figure it helps with my oil heating bill, but I can't actually prove that. Also, I have a watt meter on the psu for one rig (x4 940) and boinc makes the needle go from a little over 100 watts to a solid 200 watts. At about 20 cents per kwhr, that's not to bad, but with 5 rigs, it adds up. So I also keep a sharp eye on my electric bill.

It makes you envy the people with solar panels - assuming they got them subsidized. It not worth it otherwise - at least not for me.

Yeah, it can get expensive. I rationalize it right now because I figure it helps with my oil heating bill, but I can't actually prove that. Also, I have a watt meter on the psu for one rig (x4 940) and boinc makes the needle go from a little over 100 watts to a solid 200 watts. At about 20 cents per kwhr, that's not to bad, but with 5 rigs, it adds up. So I also keep a sharp eye on my electric bill.

It makes you envy the people with solar panels - assuming they got them subsidized. It not worth it otherwise - at least not for me.

Anyway. It's all good man. It's DEFINITELY not worth worrying about.

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yeah, my 955 also pulls nearly exactly 100w more from idle to load, from 280 to 389... the 4870x2 is a real killer in idle, but i like it too much to whine over the consumption
im just gonna take it easy on crunching the next time, and will only lower my output so far,that each rig is at maximum W/Output efficiency

I understand completely, my i7 setup pulls 119w when idle, but when I load up WCG it jumps to 269w and when the FAH-GPU client is started as well it goes up to 350w. Not fun. Doesn't help that I have a sloppy OC on the CPU & a 9600GT for PhysX

Just to inform the team, i have to cut down my output a little, we had to pay 1400€ extra this year, used 11000KWH in worth of 2400€,all in all, which i used about 75€, a month from,the last 12 months. shutted down the e6750 and clocked down the Q9550 to 3.7 and 1.3v, because i was using 700w continously before (got a killawatt to find that out)

clocked down the 955 too, and will be back with the x6 hopefully soon.
gonna take down the 939 3800+ then too, as that saves be 200w with the e6750

my aunt luckily saved our ass monetary wise, even if i dont like her otherwise...
geeez... what dont you take on you for the team !

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Do what you gotta do bro, you can only crunch as long as you are able to man. You've done an amazing job!